So, my last trip to Dillons was very informative. My store is now auto-adjusting coupons so that there is no longer any overage with coupons (my store is in Southwest Missouri). For example, before, if I bought lunchmeat on sale for $0.88 and had a $0.75 coupon, the coupon would automatically double to $1.00. Now, on this last trip, the coupons are adjusting so as not to allow the overage. Has anyone else noticed this in their recent Dillons trips? Here’s a breakdown of my transaction:
- 2 Kettle Chips 9 oz. (big bags), Marked down to $1.79 ea., Used $1.00/2 IP (no longer available, there’s also a $1.00/1 coupon from the 1/30 RP insert, but I didn’t have any of those)
- 2 Garden of Eatin’ Chips, Marked down to $1.19, Used 2 $1.00/1 coupons from HERE
- 2 Oscar Mayer Bologna $0.88 ea., Used 2 $0.75/1 tearpad coupons (see note below)
- 5 Colgate Toothpaste $0.98 ea., Used 5 $0.75/1 coupons from the 1/9 SS insert (see note below)
- McCormick Taco Seasoning $0.99, Used $0.75/1 coupon from the 1/2 RP insert (expired 2/6, my Dillons accepts expired coupons up to 2 weeks & see note below)
- Dillons Milk 2% Half Gallon, Marked down to $1.36
- 7Up 2 Liter $0.88
- Dillons Buns $1.00
- Final Cost $6.48
I took a picture of my receipt so that will hopefully demonstrate a bit better what I’m referring to. As the receipt shows, it didn’t auto-adjust each coupon, but it auto-adjusted at the end of the the receipt with the last few coupons. I know it looks crazy, I scratched my head over it for a few minutes, and I’m not sure how the register comes up with these totals in its computer brain, but the math ads up. It ended up not deducting $0.35 and that’s how much the overage would have been had all the coupons automatically doubled to $1.00. I hope that makes sense! 😕 Now, while I’m disappointed in this recent change, it certainly won’t prevent me from shopping at Dillons in the future. I mean, where else could I get all that for less than 7 bucks!? The Kettle Chips alone were $3.79 each before they were marked down! Dillons is still my favorite place to grocery shop, it still beats every store in my area hands down when it comes to their sales, markdowns & frequent mega event deals. It’s also the only grocery store in my area that has a shopper’s Card with eCoupons, that has catalina deals, that doubles coupons over $0.50 ($0.55 to $1.00 etc) & that also accepts expired coupons up to 2 weeks (I hope this stays the same & that they don’t make any further changes). I’m curious, where is everybody else’s favorite place to grocery shop? Feel free to leave a comment below, I’d love hear from my readers out there.
My store in Joplin has been adjusting coupons down for months. But as long as the item is free, I’m ok with no overage.
I have not had this experience yet (Pittsburg,KS) but like Lindsay says if it’s still free I’m good. I think Dillons would do wise to not adjust their coupon policy too much. I think that they get A LOT of business simply from coupon shoppers. I know for a fact that before coupons I never ever used to shop at Dillons was just too expensive. I will let you know next time I go shopping if they do the “no overage adjustment”
My store in Springfield is doing the same. Adjusting coupons to not allow overage.
Lindsay, I agree, as long as it’s still free with the coupon, that works for me.
And Helen, I couldn’t agree more, before I got into couponing I never shopped at Dillons.
They adjusted my coupon on colgate to equal the price of it and I did not get an overage. I still got free colgate so I was happy.
I shop at the Dillons on Battlefield and Kansas in S.field. I didn’t make it this past week, but was there 2 weeks ago, and they were not adjusting coupons down at that time, but they may be by now. What Dillons do you shop at in SWMO?
I think Pittsburg is adjusting now. I noticed it on Colgate a few weeks ago. They definitely only doubled up to the amount of the toothpaste. It’s still free though and I’m okay with that!
Hey Fritzie,
I run a blog out of Springfield, Missouri, and have been using coupons at our Dillons stores for years. Which area do you shop in?
The registers have been coded to auto-adjust doubling for years, but are still not capable of auto-adjusting below face value of the coupon.
It doesn’t come off of the first items, but will catch up on the last ones. Remember the 99¢ Cottonelle toilet paper (they have since quit carrying this product)? There were always $.50/1 coupons for it. The first ones you bought would show 50¢ coupon + 50¢ doubling, but if you purchased 5, the last one would only show 45¢ doubling. However, if you were to use a $1/1 coupon, you would still get the overage.
Alicia,
This was the first time I noticed the auto-adjusting at my store. I still have all my receipts from last year so I went through and looked at the ones from Dillons and I didn’t see any that had auto-adjusted previously. So, I either missed this in the past (entirely possible) or my store is just way behind & is just now catching up. 😉 Thanks for the info! 🙂